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    Is Rooster Dance Always Aggressive?

    Oh, that's horrible! My Felix is less aggressive than he used to be. 2 years ago someone (I think it was my 11 pound hen Poppy) bit him in the eye and he's now half blind. I had to help him learn to walk and eat on his own again. I thought he'd be nice after that but as soon as he was able to...
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    Is Rooster Dance Always Aggressive?

    I have 4 roos. One is a jerk and he never warns me, except the occasional hostile tidbiting (throws sticks and stuff up in the air). He usually just runs up and kicks or bites me. The one that dances for me sometimes nips like a puppy. He just wants to be picked up and hugged. But, I have never...
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    I have lost 10 chickens in 4 years

    So, if I were to feed all flock what would I use? I can get kalmbach from chewy in 16% or 20% protein. Or I can get naturewise from tractor supply. I have a chicken that had pendulous crop. Half of her crop died off and was sewn back together. She lays continously soft shelled eggs. I feed her...
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    I have lost 10 chickens in 4 years

    I realize roosters don't lay. Even the chicken that eats tons of oyster shells lays thin shelled eggs. Her eggs have little calcium deposits all over them.
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    I have lost 10 chickens in 4 years

    A little goes a long way. I very rarely give them garlic and I don't think I'll start.
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    I have lost 10 chickens in 4 years

    Pretty sure all but one, one that is currently on antibiotics, lay. And they don't have very thick shells.
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    I have lost 10 chickens in 4 years

    I I do feed it fermented. My vet recommended not feeding fermented grains in case there was any mold and to not feed whole grains at all because they may pick at it. I plan on phasing it out of their diet and just feeding layer pellets.
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    I have lost 10 chickens in 4 years

    I love the excitement of new chicks and I too then get that awful gut feeling. I can't keep doing this to myself amd I can't afford it. Too much work, money and heartache. I have 4 roosters and maybe they'll live a long time? Maybe I'll just have a bachelor pad. Such a curse. It would be hard to...
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    I have lost 10 chickens in 4 years

    I don't feed them much scratch. I feed them Scratch and Peck. It's a whole grain layer feed.
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    I have lost 10 chickens in 4 years

    I can't think of anything that would be that poison around here. Most of them, with exception of Fern, didn't die that quickly. 4 of them went to the vet and she never suspected poisoning. I'm sorry about your chicken.
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    I have lost 10 chickens in 4 years

    No, I don't think they all had cancer. 2 were diagnosed by a vet but I didn't have them necropsied so I don't know for sure.
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    I have lost 10 chickens in 4 years

    I have a 14 year old dog with cancer right now so this is all just fraying my last 2 nerves. I have such a love hate with all my animals. I do know I certainly wouldn't survive without them.
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    I have lost 10 chickens in 4 years

    I need to figure out a new situation for the roosters now I only have 10 hens.
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    I have lost 10 chickens in 4 years

    And every time I lose one I'm tempted to hatch more just to see a new and hopefully healthy life. But, the guilt is still eating at me over the ones I've lost. I can't help but feel I'm doing something wrong.
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    I have lost 10 chickens in 4 years

    I'm sorry. Maybe I just not cut out for this if this is how it goes.
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